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King James Version
3 John 1:5
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Dear friend, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers and sisters, especially when they are strangers.
Beloued, thou doest faithfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the Brethren, and to strangers:
Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are,
Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brothers and sisters, and especially when they are strangers;
My dear friend, it is good that you help the brothers and sisters, even those you do not know.
Dear friend, when you extend hospitality to Christian brothers and sisters, even when they are strangers, you make the faith visible. They've made a full report back to the church here, a message about your love. It's good work you're doing, helping these travelers on their way, hospitality worthy of God himself! They set out under the banner of the Name, and get no help from unbelievers. So they deserve any support we can give them. In providing meals and a bed, we become their companions in spreading the Truth.
Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brethren, and especially when they are strangers;
Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.
Dear friend, you have always been faithful in helping other followers of the Lord, even the ones you didn't know before.
Dear friend, you are faithful in all the work you are doing for the brothers, even when they are strangers to you.
Beloved, thou doest faithfully [in] whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers,
My dear friend, it is good that you continue to help the believers. They are people you don't even know.
Beloued, thou doest faithfully, whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,
Our beloved, you do faithfully that which you do to the brethren, especially to those who are strangers;
My dear friend, you are so faithful in the work you do for other Christians, even when they are strangers.
Dear friend, you act faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers, even though they are strangers.
Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you work for the brothers and for the strangers,
Beloved, you are acting faithfully in what you are providing for the brothers, and especially when they are strangers;
Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;
My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;
Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.
Dear friend, you are faithful in whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers.
Our beloved, in faithfulness thou performest what thou doest unto the brethren, and especially to those who are strangers,
Our beloved, thou doest in faith, what thou performest towards the brethren; and especially towards strangers,
Beloued, thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to straungers,
Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;
Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.
Beloved, thou dost faithfully whatsoever thou dost to the brethren and to strangers,
My dear friend, you are acting faithfully in all your behaviour towards the brethren, even when they are strangers to you.
Most dere brother, thou doist feithfuli, what euer thou worchist in britheren, and that in to pilgrymys,
Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you do toward those that are brothers and strangers as well;
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers).
Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and [fn] for strangers,
Dear friend, you are being faithful to God when you care for the traveling teachers who pass through, even though they are strangers to you.
Dear friend, you are doing a good work by being kind to the Christians, and for sure, to the strangers.
Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the friends, even though they are strangers to you;
Beloved! a faithful thing, art thou doing, whatsoever thou shalt accomplish for them that are brethren, and withal strangers, -
Dearly beloved, thou dost faithfully whatever thou dost for the brethren: and that for strangers,
Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
Beloved thou doest faythfully what soever thou doest to the brethren and to straungers
Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers,
My beloued, thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to straugers,
My dear child, whatever you do in behalf of the brethren, and of those who are strangers, is commendable.
Listen, my friend. I want to thank you for taking such good care of the other cowboys, even if you don't know them.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Matthew 24:45, Luke 12:42, Luke 16:10-12, 2 Corinthians 4:1-3, Colossians 3:17, 1 Peter 4:10, 1 Peter 4:11
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:15 - for they dealt 2 Kings 22:7 - they dealt faithfully 2 Chronicles 31:20 - wrought Matthew 10:41 - that receiveth a prophet Matthew 25:16 - went Matthew 25:35 - I was a Luke 10:7 - for Acts 16:15 - If Romans 16:2 - ye receive Galatians 6:10 - especially Philippians 4:14 - ye have
Cross-References
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Beloved, thou doest faithfully,.... Or a faithful thing, and as became a faithful man, a believer in Christ; in all his beneficence and charity he acted the upright part; he did not do it in an hypocritical way, to be seen of men, and gain applause from them, but from a principle of love, and with a view to the glory of God:
whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; which may design either different persons; and by "brethren" may be meant the poor brethren of the church that. Gaius belonged to, and others that were well known to him; and by "the strangers", not unconverted persons, but such of the saints as came from foreign parts, and travelled about to spread the Gospel, and enlarge the interest of Christ: or else the same persons may be intended, for the words may be read, as they are in the Alexandrian copy, and some others, and in the Vulgate Latin version, "what thou doest to the brethren, and this to strangers"; that is, as the Arabic version renders it, "to strange brethren"; or, as the Syriac version, "to the brethren, [and] especially [them] that are strangers"; so that Gaius was a very hospitable man, one that entertained and lodged strangers, and used them very civilly and courteously, with great liberality, and with much integrity and sincerity.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Beloved, thou doest faithfully - In the previous verses the writer had commended Gaius for his attachment to truth, and his general correctness in his Christian life. He now speaks more particularly of his acts of generous hospitality, and says that he had fully, in that respect, done his duty as a Christian.
Whatsoever thou doest - In all your contact with them, and in all your conduct toward them. The particular thing which led to this remark was his hospitality; but the testimony respecting his general conduct had been such as to justify this commendation.
To the brethren - Probably to Christians who were well known to him - perhaps referring to Christians in his own church.
And to strangers - Such as had gone to the church of which he was a member with a letter of commendation from John. Compare the Romans 12:13 note, and Hebrews 13:2 note.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 3 John 1:5. Thou doest faithfully — πιστον ποιεις. Kypke thinks that πιστον is put here for πιστιν, and that the phrase signifies to keep or preserve the faith, or to be bound by the faith, or to keep one's engagements. Thou hast acted as the faith-the Christian religion, required thee to act, in all that thou hast done, both to the brethren at home, and to the strangers-the itinerant evangelists, who, in the course of their travels, have called at thy house. There is not a word here about the pilgrims and penitential journeys which the papists contrive to bring out of this text.
